By Celeste Morales, National Community Volunteer Ambassador Leader, Washington Support Office
Celeste Morales, a Chicana with a Hispanic heritage stemming from Jalisco, Mexico, is serving as the National Leader for the Community Volunteer Ambassador Program. For the 2022 cohort of this program, she works directly with the National Park Service Washington Support Office as a liaison for the Volunteers-In-Parks Program and provides peer support to over 40 Community Volunteer Ambassadors at national park sites across the US. In celebration of Latino Conservation Week, read about Celeste's path to access our public lands.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service